harbor
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Once they’ve reached their capacity of about 20,000 pounds, a boat hauls everything to the harbor and a crane scoops it out in nets.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The next month, she announced that she was leaving the safe harbor of Fox News for the open seas of NBC.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
In March, two cargos of jet fuel went to Europe from New York harbor, which Cinquegrana said it was a “very rare” occurrence that wouldn’t have made economic sense before the war.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
A long shot of a ship in harbor, and the unwitting glee with which the inhabitants of 1520s Cebu run to the beach to welcome the sailors, needs no words.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
It was foolish, he realized, to harbor a grudge toward this river.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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